Chapter 105 - Human Trafficking (2)
Zhang Mengcheng looked at Wu Dayong, who was surrounded by Tunding in the village, and felt that this place should not end for a while. He returned to his place and took a sip of water, and the "goods" that were traded this time were tied aside and cried.
This "commodity" is recorded to be only fourteen years old, and Zhang Mengcheng thinks that she should actually be fifteen years old. However, the one-year-old error is not a big deal, because this woman does seem to be a first-class product. If it weren't for the fact that her body had been broken by Tan Xiong's subordinates before, then the price of this woman would have been even higher.
With the same fate as this woman, there are other trophies in the fence behind Zhang Mengcheng. Some of these "goods" look to be as young as eleven or twelve years old.
In fact, not all of them were family members of Tan Xiong's subordinates, and many of them were simply captured by Tan Xiong's thieves. Before being taken away by the people of Jinding Mountain, they had already been insulted by Tan Xiong's subordinates, and some of the scars from Tan Xiong's camp still remained on them.
Cai Xiaozi and Guan Zhiqing are both old rivers and lakes, and Zhang Mengcheng also used some means. Many innocent people in it were forcibly brought back from the families of the real thieves. At that time, Dai Junen was busy with the gentry of Ansai, and he didn't have time to check it properly, so that Artemisia Ding and Jindingshan took advantage of the loophole.
Although the fate of these people is tragic, in Zhang Mengcheng's eyes, they are just some simple trading commodities. Zhang Mengcheng's fragile modern compassion has long been worn away by the chaos of many years after the crossing.
"Master, my business has been negotiated, so please make a booklet." Ma Jinzhong, who also got a woman, was leading a tunding in the village to Zhang Mengcheng at this time.
"The price can be negotiated, and if something happens in the future, both parties will not be responsible." Zhang Mengcheng took the transaction certificate handed over by the two, and after stamping the document in front of him together, he handed it back to the two.
"Thank you, Master." Ma Jinzhong said with a smile after taking the documents that he was quite satisfied with the price of the transaction.
"Brother Jinzhong is a sincere person and will not deceive me. If anything happens after that, it's just that I don't have the strength to see. And the other Tunding who completed the transaction on the side, also had an excited expression because he was about to say goodbye to his singleness.
After Ma Jinzhong and Tun Ding completed the transaction, they each left with the harvest of both parties. Ma Jinzhong harvested some silver, two sheep and three chickens in this transaction, and he hummed a little song in his mouth and walked to the shops outside the population trading market, planning to use the newly earned money to buy some good things for his family to take home.
And Tunding, who completed the transaction with Ma Jinzhong, dragged the "goods" that were traded at this time, and left while beating and scolding. And the crying generated on the way made the already noisy trading market even more lively.
Looking at the girl who was dragged away by Tunding, Zhang Mengcheng turned his head to look at another woman in the fence who was crying silently. The woman who had just desperately hugged her daughter was already bleeding from the corners of her mouth because of Tunding's rough whipping. Coupled with the chaotic pushing just now, the woman's appearance at the moment is definitely not good.
The owner of this "commodity" did not intervene to help organize his "commodity" at this time, because he was busy bargaining with other buyers around him, and he had no extra thoughts about the "commodity" that was about to be sold. Moreover, Tunding has already paid for compensation, and their dispute has ended.
Seeing that the commotion did not expand, he did not have to continue to worry about it. Zhang Mengcheng sat aside and estimated the price of the woman with some boredom, and her age should be around thirty years old. Although her figure is not bad, but because of the commotion just now, her appearance at the moment is a little cheap, so her price should be less than two-thirds of her daughter's, but this is still a good price.
Last time, Zhang Mengcheng and others went out of the border wall, and most of the captured women were brought back to the cottage for sale, but most of them did not reach this price. For example, the original Shanxi woman who was brought back last time, the product that was still young was even lower.
Because after that plunder. Her son was beheaded by Zhang Mengcheng in front of her. So the woman immediately went crazy, and the scumbag Zhang Mengcheng didn't feel much guilt, but simply felt very unlucky.
Although, according to the results of the lottery, the woman did not belong to him. But Zhang Mengcheng still reasoned and paid six taels of silver to her master, and then Xiucai asked Zhang Shuangxi to solve this worthless "commodity", which just made Shuangxi see blood.
Thinking of Zhang Shuangxi, who has always been stubborn, and has been a little unrelenting in the days after that day, Zhang Mengcheng felt very funny.
At present, the "loot" of the cottage that has no value will be handed over to the half-grown children in the cottage for blood. And many children who are looking forward to this ceremony will become quite "honest" a few days after this ceremony. Even if you recover your spirits in the future, you will not return to the original monkey form.
However, occasionally there will be some children who have not changed much, such as Liu Sikui, who has newly joined the cottage. Originally, he was only eight years old, and he didn't need to perform the ceremony so early, it was just a joke between Fan Shunjiang and Zhang Mengcheng at that time.
But after Liu Sikui heard the orders of the two uncles, he directly picked up a dagger and cut the throat of the prisoner of war. Although Liu Sikui's face was indeed a little pale at that time, his performance did not change much in the following days. After Zhang Mengcheng took him back to the cottage, Liu Sikui, like other children of the same age, should eat and play.
Thinking of Liu Sikui, Zhang Mengcheng remembered what his eldest brother said to him before.
"Although Shen Yikui did not die directly in our hands, we did not rebel with Shen Yikui, but surrounded Shen Yikui in the military fort. In that kid's eyes, we might all be his enemies. Don't raise tigers, you need to know to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, if you can't do it, I can help you. ”
Zhang Mengcheng was indeed worried about this, but thinking that Liu Jin had paid for his and his son's lives, Zhang Mengcheng insisted on choosing to save Liu Sikui. And the eldest brother was repeatedly persuaded by himself and Fan Shunjiang, and finally dispelled the idea of the eldest brother eradicating the grass.
And Zhang Mengcheng also discussed with his eldest brother and others, except for Zhang Mengcheng, Fan Shunjiang, Zhang Mengjin, Lao Liao and Liu Sikui himself, no one else in the cottage knew Liu Sikui's true identity, only that this child was Lao Liao's nephew.
Another burst of crying brought Zhang Mengcheng back to his senses, and it turned out that a "commodity" in the fence couldn't bear the humiliation and directly chose to commit suicide. It looked like the dead woman should be the sister of the crying woman next to her.
The remaining woman couldn't control her emotions at this time, ignoring the beating and scolding of the guards in the village, she hugged her sister's corpse and cried loudly, while constantly cursing the strong men in the village and the whole cruel world.
Some people in the village who still have a conscience stand aside in silence, not knowing what to say. And more insensitive people are getting together and constantly coaxing and watching the excitement.
Zhang Mengcheng didn't want to waste time because of this, so he directly let his minions rush forward, and several big men worked together to separate the woman and the corpse. After finding a rag to gagged the woman's mouth, the cottage trade continued.
Looking at the trading market, which is no longer as lively as it was at the beginning, Zhang Mengcheng is not worried. As long as there is demand in the vicinity, the deal will not end. Even if the demand for Jindingshan is filled, and there are still people who join the cottage in the future, this demand will be regenerated.
And people from the surrounding areas will also come to Jindingshan to buy, thus expanding the demand again. Therefore, in terms of human trafficking, Jindingshan's business will not end in a short period of time, and it is likely to continue to do so. As for when and by whom it will end, only God knows.